Improvement in fastenings for policemen s badges



@anni @tillage THOMAS KIRKPATRIOK, OF NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 106,942, lated Ail-gust 30, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN FASTENING-S FOR POLICEMENS BADGES.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the saine sufficient security against their being torn or detached from the coat in a souffle.

The object of this invention is to provide a more secure means of attachment and'to this end lt consists in providing the badge with hooks passing through holes or eyelets in the garment, and in the employment behind the badge, inside of the coat or other garment, of a plate, in which there are holes through which the said hooks also pass, and to which there is attached a spring catch, which, by locking into one of the hooks, locks them all in the plate, and' so secures the badge that itcannot be torn i'rorn the coat or garment without completely .tearing away a large piece thereof.

Figure 1 represents a back or inside view of'a piece ot' cloth'or part of agar-ment, and shows the back of my improved'badgeastening.

Figure 2 exhibits a section of the badge and fastening, and of a piece of cloth, or portion ot' a garment, to which the badge is fastened.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures..

A is the badge, having permanentlyattached to its l.back three short and stout pins, a., a, and b, the two a a being attached to its upper part, and b being attached to its lowerpart. l

In the upper sides of these pins are notches c c c, which make-them constitute hooks.

The upper edge of the end ofthe lower pin orhook is beveled, a's'shown in fig. 2.

B is the fastening-plate, of a size and form nearly corresponding with the badge., having three holes, e e

e, through it, corresponding in size and position with the three pins or hooks a, a, and b.

D is the spring catch, riveted or otherwise secured to the hack ot' the plate B in such position that itmay enter into the hook c, when the latter is inserted through the plate.

To attach and secure the badge, the pins or hooks a a b are inserted through the holes in the garment O, and the plate B then has its upper holes hooked into the hooks a a, and, after it has been pressed closely against the garment, the lower hole is slipped over the hook b.

'The spring lcatch D is then pressed against the beveled end ofthe last-mentioned hook, and slips into the notch thereof, thus locking the badge securely. To detach the badge, the catch D must be first slipped out of 'the notch of the hook li, and plate B must be drawn o" the hook l), when it can be slipped off the h ooks a a, thus leavingthe badge free to have its hooks withdrawn from the holes iu the garment.

It must be observed that the lower hole in the .plat-e B is arranged. a little nearer to its upper holes than the lower hook b isto the upper' hooks a a, that the plate cannot rise high enough to be detached from the upper hooks until after it hasbeen slipped off the lower ones. lhis is important, as it is by this means that the one catch is made to lock all the hooks in the plate B.

A single hook on the badge, and a single hole in the plate B might be used, instead of the two upper,4 

